Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Anne Shirley: My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. Thats a sentence I read once and I say it over to comfort myself in these times that try the soul.

Anne Shirley: Please, Matthew. You need help. Weve got to get a doctor.Matthew Cuthbert: Ive worked hard all my life. Id rather just drop in the harness. I got old; I never noticed.Anne Shirley: If Id been the boy you sent for, I could have spared you in so many ways.Matthew Cuthbert: I never wanted a boy. I only wanted you from the first day. Dont ever change. I love my little girl. Im so proud of my little girl.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 love

Aunt Josephine: I like people who make me like them. Saves me so much trouble forcing myself to like them.

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Anne Shirley: Would you please call me Cordelia?

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Josie Pye: [while Anne is taking to Diana, Marilla and Mrs. Barry] I saw you fawning over Anne Shirley.Gilbert Blythe: Well, you sure couldnt get up there and give a recital like that.Josie Pye: I could be up there on stage.Gilbert Blythe: Well, Id like to see that sometime, Josie Pye.

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Anne Shirley: This is the most tragical thing that has ever happened to me.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me, what you know about yourself.Anne Shirley: Well, it really isnt worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury but if you let me tell you what I imagine about myself youd find it a lot more interesting.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 self

Anne Shirley: Cant you even imagine youre in the depths of despair?Marilla Cuthbert: No I cannot. To despair is to turn your back on God.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 god

Diana Barry: I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad.Anne Shirley: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.[gestures to the setting sun]Anne Shirley: Look at that. You couldnt enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.Diana Barry: I dont know about that.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 love

Anne Shirley: And I promise Ill never do it again. Thats the one good thing about me. I never do the same wrong thing twice.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 good

Gilbert Blythe: Well, I figured you can give me a hand with my work, and well call it a fair exchange.Anne Shirley: Arent you worried? Im liable to break another slate over your head.Gilbert Blythe: Im more worried I might break one over yours, carrots.[softly]Gilbert Blythe: Ill walk you home.[after Gilbert Blythes remark, to Anne Shirley, the movie then concluded, showing closing credits]

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Miss Stacy: True friends are always together in spirit.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 friends

Anne Shirley: Anne Shirley. Anne with an e.

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Anne Shirley: [after saying her prayers] Did I do alright?Marilla Cuthbert: Yes, if you were addressing a business letter to the catalogue store.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 prayer

Anne Shirley: Marilla has given me strict instructions not to talk a head off. I do have a habit of chattering on so. Why, if I could imagine myself as a bird, a magpie would probably be the closest thing I could resemble. Oh, Diana, Ive always dreamed of being in a three-legged race at a picnic. Would you do me the honor of being my patner?Diana Barry: But there arent any other girls in it.Anne Shirley: Youre a sturdy looking girl, and Im fast. I know wed stand a good chance.Diana Barry: I guess so.Anne Shirley: Come on!Gilbert Blythe: Hey, Diana, whos your friend?Diana Barry: Anne Shirely.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 dream

Anne Shirley: Dont you ever imagine things differently from what they are?Marilla Cuthbert: No.Anne Shirley: Oh Marilla, how much you miss.

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[Anne has just fallen from a roof]Diana Barry: Just say one word and tell me if youre killed!Anne Shirley: No but I think Ive been rendered unconscious.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

[Anne, commenting on city life]Anne Shirley: I think I would probably come to the conclusion that Id like it for a while but in the end, Id still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 life

[Marilla, reading a letter from Anne away at college]Marilla Cuthbert: As Rachel Lynde used to say, the sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in Geometry or not. I think Id rather it didnt go on if I failed.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 reading

[Gilbert Blythe, rowing a boat, found Anne clinging to the post under a bridge]Gilbert Blythe: Anne Shirley. What in heck are you doing here?Anne Shirley: [trying to sound dignified] Fishing, for lake trout.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

Marilla Cuthbert: Im afraid for her, Matthew. Shell be gone so long. Shell get terrible lonesome.Matthew Cuthbert: You mean, well get terrible lonesome.Marilla Cuthbert: I cant help wishing that shed stayed a little girl.Matthew Cuthbert: Mrs. Spencer made a lucky mistake, I guess.Marilla Cuthbert: It wasnt luck; it was Providence. He knew we needed her.Matthew Cuthbert: Even with her queer little ways.Marilla Cuthbert: I loved her for them.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 love

Marilla Cuthbert: Oh, this is a fine kettle of fish.

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Anne Shirley: Plain, old, unromantic Anne Shirley.

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Marilla Cuthbert: [talking to Matthew] She could talk the hind leg of a mule. Hmm, wouldnt that be a change around here.[Marilla, then chuckled]

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 change

Anne Shirley: [Reading The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson] Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro the wave that runs forever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four grey walls, and four grey towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 reading

Marilla Cuthbert: Oh, you blessed girl. I know I ought to stick to it and make you go to college, but Ive learned better than to stand in your way. Gilbert Blythe will be teaching, too. Wont he?Anne Shirley: Yes.Marilla Cuthbert: What a nice looking young boy he is. He looks a lot like his father did at that age. We used to be real good friends, he and I. People called him my beau.Anne Shirley: And what happened?Marilla Cuthbert: We quarreled and I wouldnt forgive him when he asked me to. I wanted to after a while, but I was stubborn and I wanted to punish him first. He never came back. I, uh, always felt rather sorry. I, uh, sort of wished that Id forgiven him when I had a chance.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 people

Miss Stacy: The truth will set you free.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 truth

Diana Barry: [Anne is about to perform The Highwayman] Youve never failed at anything, Anne Shirley.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 man

Matthew Cuthbert: You can talk all you like; I dont mind.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 mind

Marilla Cuthbert: [Mrs. Barry has invited Anne over for dinner after Anne saves Minnie Mays life] I believe humble pie is on the menu.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 life

Matthew Cuthbert: [Anne has come into the barn to thank Matthew for her dress] Puffed sleeves.Anne Shirley: The puffiest!

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Diana Barry: [Anne is going to apologize to Aunt Jo] Anne, dont. Shell eat you alive!Anne Shirley: Dont worry. Ive had lots of practice making apologies.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 live

Aunt Josephine: You amuse me and precious little amuses me in this world at my age.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 world

Marilla Cuthbert: [rolling her eyes at Matthews excessive purchase] Twenty pounds of brown sugar.

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Anne Shirley: Laura Spencer is giving a comic recitation, but I prefer to make people cry.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 people

Gilbert Blythe: Anne, wait! Im sorry for teasing you about your hair. Dont be mad at me for keeps.Diana Barry: Oh, Anne, how could you? Gilbert always makes fun of the girls. He calls me crow head all the time, but Ive never heard him apologize before.Anne Shirley: Theres a world of difference between being called crow-head and being called carrots. I shall never forgive Gilbert Blythe. The iron has entered my soul, Diana. My mind is made up; my red hair is a curse.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 time

Mr. Phillips: Alright, class. Times up. Place your pencils beside your papers. Ill collect your papers once everyone has left. However, before everyone leaves for lunch, I would like to announce the mathematics half-term results. The three best standings are as follows: first, Gilbert Blythe; second, Anne Shirley; third, Prissy Andrews. I think Miss Andrews has shown excellent progress under my tutelage. Class dismissed.Diana Barry: Hes only smiling to congratulate you, Anne.Anne Shirley: I think he was trying to rub it in.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 time

Anne Shirley: Gilbert Blythe would stand on his head if I asked him to.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Aunt Josephine: Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world cant make up for the lack of it.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 romance

Anne Shirley: Mrs. Hammond told me that God made my hair red on purpose and Ive never cared for Him since.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 god

[Marilla, commenting on whether or not shell keep Anne]Marilla Cuthbert: If she can avoid catastrophe two days in a row, I might have a chance to make up my mind.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 mind

Anne Shirley: I dont think Mrs. Barry is a well bred woman. I dont believe God himself would entirely meet with her approval.Marilla Cuthbert: Anne, you musnt say things like that especially in front of the ministers wife. But, if you left God out of it, youd have it just about right.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 god

[Anne, after shes forbidden to see Diana]Anne Shirley: Farewell, my beloved friend. Henceforth, we must be strangers living side by side but my heart will be ever faithful to thee.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 love

Anne Shirley: I know I chatter on far too much but if you only knew how many things I want to say and dont. Give me some credit.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 man

Anne Shirley: Ruby Gillis says when she grows up, she wants to have a line of beaus on a string and make them crazy for her. Id rather have one, in his rightful mind.[Diana Barry then quickly, un-expectedly and immediately opened the Cuthberts door, to ask for help with her little sister Minnie May Barrys near life-loss, with croup or phlegme, that was thickly in her throat]

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 life

Aunt Josephine: Wealth can be very empty when you dont have someone to share it with. But by the time I realized that, no one would have me except men who wanted my money more than I did.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 time

[after Matthews funeral, Marilla awakens and hears Anne crying in her bedroom]Anne Shirley: Tears dont hurt, like the ache does.Marilla Cuthbert: He was such a good brother.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 good

[Rachel Lyndes comment, to Marilla, on Annes insulting remarks, toward her]Rachel Lynde: Mark my words, Marilla. Thats the kind puts strychnine in the well.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 war

[commenting on Annes dramatic apology]Rachel Lynde: Her tongue appears to be hinged in the middle, but she may turn out all right.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 men

Gilbert Blythe: Psst! Carrots! Carrots!

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Anne Shirley: Wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet black tresses?Diana Barry: But I dont have any black dresses.Anne Shirley: Your hair.Diana Barry: All right.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

Anne Shirley: Oh, Marilla, you look so elegant!Marilla Cuthbert: You dont make important visits in kitchen clothes.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

Rachel Lynde: [after seeing Matthew riding in the buggy to get Anne] Oh, my afternoon is spoiled.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Marilla Cuthbert: That girl is next door to a perfect heathen.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 girl

Anne Shirley: How would you like to have nasty things said about you? How would you like to hear that youre fat, ugly, and a sour old gossip!

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

Marilla Cuthbert: Oh, stuff and nonsense.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 nonsense

Marilla Cuthbert: [to Matthew] Youd let her go to the moon if she had the notion.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 you

Anne Shirley: The fact that you rescued me, unnecessarily, hardly wipes out past wrongs.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 past

Marilla Cuthbert: [to Diana] Good Afternoon, Diana.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 good

Matthew Cuthbert: She?Station Master: Dont worry, I dont think shell bite, Matthew.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 hell

Anne Shirley: Ive never belonged to anyone!

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985

Matthew Cuthbert: Its a girl.Marilla Cuthbert: Well, I can see that.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 girl

Anne Shirley: [after staying up all night rescuing Minnie May Barry, with Ipicac, that cleared Minnie Mays throat, Anne is trying to stay awake on the ride home] Cant go to school now. I can[yawn]Anne Shirley: hardly keep my eyes open. Hate to stay at home and let Gil, get ahead.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 hate

Ruby Gillis: [about to re-en-act the Lily Maid scene] Im frightened. Mrs. Lynde says acting is a sin.

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 sin

Diana Barry: Gilbert told Charlie Sloan that you were the smartest girl in school, right in front of Josie.Anne Shirley: He did?Diana Barry: He told Charlie being smart was better than being good looking

— Anne of Green Gables TV Mini Series 1985 art

Mrs. Hammond: Anne! Anne!Anne Shirley: Coming Mrs. Hammond!

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